par Marye Davenne
English version below
« Bizarrå » nous propose un retour à l’électronique pure, avec un rythme rapide et une approche presque technoïde. Parfait pour notre imaginaire, et notamment sur « Quasistar », qui mélange shoegaze et science-fiction. Les guitares jouent avec les fréquences, créant des effets qui évoquent des rayons laser. On se croirait dans un film spatial, mais la mélodie conserve une douceur planante jusqu’au retour d’une voix masculine au premier plan pour un morceau plus rock, plus tranchant avec « Astral Path ». Une montée en intensité qui prépare le terrain pour la conclusion. « Lazarus Awaking » fait surgir des voix d’enfants comme des fragments de quotidien captés dans un rêve. On ne comprend pas les mots, mais on ressent la charge émotionnelle. Une fin qui laisse l’auditeur dans un état suspendu, entre réalité et hallucination.
Oslo Tapes suprennent, nous font voyager et proposent avec ce nouvel album un univers hors du commun. On nous annonçait « cosmic kraut Gaze », sans trop savoir à quoi nous attendre, mais l’écoute de l’album nous le confirmera. On se prends une déferlante de rock très kraut, dans des envolées shoegaze brumeuse, et surtout un univers assez psychédélique pour un voyage cosmique.

Tracklist :
- Inhuman Witch
- Analemma
- Pyramid Shape
- In Deep
- Tribe Telepathy
- Transpace
- Bizarrå
- Quasistar
- Astral Path
- Lazarus Awaking
With Last Comet, Oslo Tapes takes us on a hypnotic odyssey where music becomes ritual and distortion becomes living matter. Released on November 14th via Worst Bassist Records, Grazil Records, and Golden Robot Records, this album explores extreme contrasts between obsessive grooves and distorted textures, resulting in a genre with a name as bizarre as it is intriguing: discover Cosmic Kraut-Gaze.
From the very first minutes, the album imposes its aesthetic: ritualistic, almost ceremonial music, where each beat seems to summon invisible forces. Krautrock, stoner, and indie influences blend with electronic experimentation, creating a unique soundscape. The journey begins on “Inhuman Witch” with a spellbinding vocal duet that creates a luminous tension. While the hammering bass and repetitive patterns evoke stoner doom, the keyboards and synthesizers open up more ethereal perspectives. This is a far cry from the expected heaviness: here, psychedelia is adorned with bright colors, echoing the album cover, a true invitation to travel. This journey is clearly very ethereal, as confirmed by “Analemma,” a vaporous, almost ethereal track with impressive sonic richness. With “Pyramid Shape,” the scene changes: sci-fi glitches mingle with tribal rhythms in an unapologetic krautrock vein. It feels like attending a futuristic ceremony, where the voice becomes an incantation and the percussion, heartbeats. It’s a track that perfectly illustrates Oslo Tapes’ ability to fuse the organic and the electronic. The tribal percussion persists on “In Deep,” but this time, brass instruments emerge, bringing an almost cinematic dimension. This bold mix works wonderfully, providing the perfect link to “Transpace,” which is danceable, flirts with indie pop, and could easily find its place on the club scene at L’Aéronef.
“Bizarrå” offers a return to pure electronica, with a fast tempo and an almost technoid approach. Perfect for our imagination, especially on “Quasistar,” which mixes shoegaze and science fiction. The guitars play with frequencies, creating effects that evoke laser beams. It’s like being in a space movie, but the melody retains a soaring softness until a male voice returns to the foreground for a more rock-oriented, edgier track with “Astral Path.” A rise in intensity sets the stage for the conclusion. “Lazarus Awaking” brings forth children’s voices like fragments of everyday life captured in a dream. We don’t understand the words, but we feel the emotional charge. It’s an ending that leaves the listener in a state of suspension, between reality and hallucination.
Oslo Tapes surprise us, take us on a journey, and offer us an extraordinary universe with this new album. We were promised “cosmic kraut Gaze,” without really knowing what to expect, but listening to the album confirms it. We are hit by a wave of very kraut rock, in misty shoegaze flights of fancy, and above all a universe psychedelic enough for a cosmic journey.